Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Halibut"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Halibut \Hal"i*but\ (?;277), n. [OE. hali holy + but, butte,
flounder; akin to D. bot, G. butte; cf. D. heilbot, G.
heilbutt. So named as being eaten on holidays. See {Holy},
{Holiday}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A large, northern, marine flatfish ({Hippoglossus vulgaris}),
of the family {Pleuronectid[ae]}. It often grows very large,
weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important
food fish. [Written also {holibut}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
halibut
n 1: lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific
2: marine food fish of North Atlantic or North Pacific; the
largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes
[syn: {holibut}]
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